Corn-husker.



G. A. BENZ. CURN HUSKER.l

APPLIGATION FILED 001.1, 1910.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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G.A.BENZ. CORN HUSKER.

APPLICATION FILED 00127, 19101 me/nto@ COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPH CO.; WASHINGTON. D. C.

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CORN HUSKER.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

GUSTAFF A. BENZ, OF BIG ISLAND TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, OHIO.

CORN-HUSKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 7, 1910. Serial No. 585,895.

To all 'whom it may concern -new and useful Improvements in Corn- Huskers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for removing ears of corn from the stalk and the husks from the ears and has for one of its objects the provision of a machine capable of being mounted on an ordinary farm wagon to be transported from shock to shock in the field or from place to place, the power being supplied by an explosive or other motor secured to a platform forming part of the machine.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a machine simple in construction, reasonable in cost of manufacture and eliicient and economical in operation.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a side view partly in section of my improved corn husker, Fig. 2, a top plan view, Figs. 3 and 4, end views, and Fig. 5 a cross section of the husked ear removing mechanism.

In the drawings similar reference characters will indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The base frame A ofmy improved ma` mounted on bolsters B formed with notches Z) in their ends to fit the standards of a wagon body not shown. A platform C is placed on one end of frame A on which is mounted an explosive engine D or any other suitable motor to drive the machinery hereinafter described, power being transmitted to said machinery through a shaft 1, journaled on a drop frame E secured under frame A, by means of a belt or chain drive 2 connecting a pulley or sprocket wheel Z on the motor shaft and a pulley or sprocket wheel 1a on the driven shaft 1.

8 indicates a shaft journaled on drop frame E and geared to shaft 1 by beveled gearing 4 and having a sprocket wheel 5 secured thereto.

F indicates a frame erected on frame A and having posts G, cross beams H and longitudinal beams H, and I posts secured to frame A adjacentto the rear sill a and co-nL nected by longitudinal beams J.

K indicates cross beams secured to frame F and extended beyond the front and rear sides of said frame, L indicating a table secured to said cross beams on the front sides and M a shelf secured under the rear ends of beams K.

6 indicates a shaft journaled on beams K, 7 a sprocket-wheel secured to its end, and 8, 9, 10 and 1l other sprocket wheels secured to the shaft.

12 indicates a shaft journaled on posts I and having a sprocket wheel 13 secured to its end.

14 indicates an idler mounted on bracket 15.

16 indicates a chain geared to sprocket wheels 5, 7 and 13 and engaging idler 14.

Shaft 12 operates as one of the snapping rolls while the other snapping roll 17 is secured to shaft 18 journaled on intermediate cross beams K and actuated by a chain 19 geared to sprocket wheel 9* and a sprocket wheel secured to the shaft 18. y

2l indicates feeder chains geared to wheels 8 and 11 and to sprocket wheels 22 journaled on brackets 23 adjust-ably secured to intermediate beams K, said chains being formed with projecting lugs 21a to carry the stalks to the snapping rolls 12 and 17.

24 indicates metal plates secured to table L and to the rear edge of shelf M, said plates being inclined upwardly from table L to carry the stalks between the snapping rolls, impelled by the chains 21.

25 indicates a shield covering shaft 6, said shield being secured to shelf M.

The rear ends of plates 24 and shield 25 serve to guide the stalks over the rear side of the machine after passing through the snapping rolls where they may be bound into bundles either manually or by means of a bundling machine (not shown), which may be geared to shaft 6 by means of sprocket wheel 10.

26 indicates lugs or pins secured to shaft 12 that engage the stalks to insure pushing them through the snapping rolls.

27 indicates rolls journaled on side sills a said rolls being arranged in pairs one roll of each pair having a sprocket wheel 28 secured thereto that is geared to a sprocket wheel 29 secured to shaft 1 by means of a chain 30, 31 indicating an idler sprocket jourvnaled on adjustable bracket 82 and engaging the chain 30 to regulate its tension. The

other of each pair of rolls is journaled on swinging arms 33 and geared to its mating rolls being held normally in engagement by means of springs 35.

36 indicates a trough over the rolls 27 which will hereafter be designated the husking rolls said trough extending outside of the machine as shown at 37 to convey the husked ears to a suitable receptacle or conveyor (not shown).

38 indicates inclined sides to the trough to direct the ears, snapped off the stalks, to the husking rolls.

39 indicates a frame slidably mounted in trough 36 and having arms 40 pivotally secured thereto with cross bars 4l secured to their free ends that act as scrapers when the frame is moved toward the delivery end of the trough, 42 indicating stops to hold the arms in a scraping position the arms being freely movable in the opposite direction to permit the bars 4l to pass backwardly when the frame 39 is moved toward the rear end of the trough 36.

43 indicates a shaft journaled to the front side of frame F on beam H. The ends of the shaft 43 are provided with laterally eX tending arms 44 and 45, arm 44 being connected with reciprocating frame 36 by means of a rod 46, while arm 45 is connected to a disk 47 on shaft 6 by means of pitman 48.

It will be apparent from this description that the ears snapped oif the stalks as hereinbefore referred to after being husked by the rolls 27 are moved out of the trough by the frame 39 and the arms 40 and bars 4l mounted therein, said frame being actuated by rock shaft 43 actuated by shaft 6.

49 indicates a riddle or screen mounted under husking rolls 27 to catch the husks as they leave the rolls to separate any grains that may have been shelled off the cobs in the process of husking. One end of the riddle frame is supported by a rod 50 pivotally secured thereto and to a beam 51 while the other end of the frame is supported by rollers 52 mounted on the frame of the machine.

53 indicates a rod for shaking the riddle frame pivotally secured to one end of the frame and to a cranked portion of shaft l.

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim isl. In a corn husker, husking rolls, a trough located above said husking rolls, an open rectangular frame slidably mounted in the trough, arms pivotally secured to opposite sides of said frame and arranged in pairs, said arms being freely movable on said frame, cross bars connecting said arms in pairs, and stops secured to the frame to limit the swinging of the arms in one direction.

2. In a corn husker, husking rolls, a trough located above the husking rolls, an open rectangular. frame slidably mounted above the husking rolls, arms pivotally secured to opposite sides of said frame, cross-bars connecting said arms in pairs, stops secured to said frame and positioned to limit the swinging of the arms rearwardly and constituting said cross-bars as Scrapers during forward move ment of the frame, and means to reciprocate the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereto afliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAFF A. BENZ.

Witnesses:

PHILIP BAUER, FRED J. FLooKEN.

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